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Oil executive forecasts rising demand

Oil executive forecasts rising demand

Richard Vierbuchen GS '79, head of Exxon for Oil Exploration in the Middle East, spoke yesterday about the projected increase in demand for energy and oil in the next 25 years and how that need will be met.The lecture, sponsored by the Global Issues Forum, comes in response to the recent public attention on energy issues.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Right wing on rise, says writer

Speaking on the growing influence of the Christian Right in mainstream America, Washington Post reporter Hanna Rosin shared her insights into the role of evangelism in contemporary politics and culture in a lecture Wednesday."They have a great sense of urgency that things have gone wrong," Rosin said about right-wing Christians who are voicing their religious beliefs from prominent positions.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Singer named to medicine institute

Burton Singer, a professor of public and international affairs, was one of 64 new members elected this year to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, the IOM announced last month."My friends say I'm doing it backwards," Singer said, referring to his membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, which founded the IOM in 1970.His election "feels like it's an additional add-on," he said, though he added that it "really feels good.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Oil executive forecasts rising demand

Richard Vierbuchen GS '79, head of Exxon for Oil Exploration in the Middle East, spoke yesterday about the projected increase in demand for energy and oil in the next 25 years and how that need will be met.The lecture, sponsored by the Global Issues Forum, comes in response to the recent public attention on energy issues.

NEWS | 11/10/2005

Delayed flu shots expected soon

Despite last year's nationwide flu vaccine shortage, which prevented most students from receiving flu shots from University Health Services (UHS), students will probably have access to vaccinations on campus in the coming weeks."Last year there was a major shortfall," said Dr. Peter Johnsen, a physician with UHS.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Singer, Scruton debate ethics of eating animals

Philosophers Peter Singer and Roger Scruton engaged in an hour-long debate yesterday evening about the ethics of eating animals.Singer, a professor of bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, has long lobbied against eating animals.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Delayed flu shots expected soon

Despite last year's nationwide flu vaccine shortage, which prevented most students from receiving flu shots from University Health Services (UHS), students will probably have access to vaccinations on campus in the coming weeks."Last year there was a major shortfall," said Dr. Peter Johnsen, a physician with UHS.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Singer, Scruton debate ethics of eating animals

Philosophers Peter Singer and Roger Scruton engaged in an hour-long debate yesterday evening about the ethics of eating animals.Singer, a professor of bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, has long lobbied against eating animals.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Universal Studios president speaks

Ron Meyer, president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios, discussed his path to the top of one of the foremost companies in the entertainment business, along with exciting upcoming movies and the ins and outs of Hollywood, in a visit to campus Wednesday.Meyer offered his advice to a group of aspiring business leaders, many of whom plan to work hard in college and go to a top business school.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Danner speaks on torture, media after Abu Ghraib

Journalist and professor Mark Danner spoke yesterday about "Torture, the Press and Human Rights After Abu Ghraib" in a lecture hosted by the Wilson School.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

State not red or blue, but purple

New Jersey, where Democrat Jon Corzine won the gubernatorial race on Tuesday, is commonly thought of as a 'blue state' but is more accurately rendered as a multihued patchwork of purple, according to a map released Wednesday by ORFE Department Chair Robert Vanderbei."It only took me 40 minutes to make it this morning since all the programs are already on my computer," Vanderbei said.After the 2000 presidential election, Vanderbei and his ORF 201 students, unsatisfied with familiar red-and-blue election maps, devised a computational model to create a more nuanced political picture of the United States.While standard maps color each state blue or red based on the party that wins more votes, Vanderbei divided the country into counties, each of which he assigned a shade of purple along a continuum from red to blue.Solid red denotes that 100 percent of the votes favored the Republican candidate; solid blue shows 100 percent of votes favoring the Democrat.Vanderbei said he did not foresee that his Purple America map would gain widespread recognition.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Women wield clout in market

After holding summer internships at the 85 Broads network, a global business community for women headquartered in Greenwich, Conn., five female University students helped found a company designed to create a similar network for college women.The result ? MarketClout ? will hold a launch party tonight at Quadrangle Club from 8 to 10 p.m.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Women wield clout in market

After holding summer internships at the 85 Broads network, a global business community for women headquartered in Greenwich, Conn., five female University students helped found a company designed to create a similar network for college women.The result ? MarketClout ? will hold a launch party tonight at Quadrangle Club from 8 to 10 p.m.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

State not red or blue, but purple

New Jersey, where Democrat Jon Corzine won the gubernatorial race on Tuesday, is commonly thought of as a 'blue state' but is more accurately rendered as a multihued patchwork of purple, according to a map released Wednesday by ORFE Department Chair Robert Vanderbei."It only took me 40 minutes to make it this morning since all the programs are already on my computer," Vanderbei said.After the 2000 presidential election, Vanderbei and his ORF 201 students, unsatisfied with familiar red-and-blue election maps, devised a computational model to create a more nuanced political picture of the United States.While standard maps color each state blue or red based on the party that wins more votes, Vanderbei divided the country into counties, each of which he assigned a shade of purple along a continuum from red to blue.Solid red denotes that 100 percent of the votes favored the Republican candidate; solid blue shows 100 percent of votes favoring the Democrat.Vanderbei said he did not foresee that his Purple America map would gain widespread recognition.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Danner speaks on torture, media after Abu Ghraib

Journalist and professor Mark Danner spoke yesterday about "Torture, the Press and Human Rights After Abu Ghraib" in a lecture hosted by the Wilson School.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Universal Studios president speaks

Ron Meyer, president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios, discussed his path to the top of one of the foremost companies in the entertainment business, along with exciting upcoming movies and the ins and outs of Hollywood, in a visit to campus Wednesday.Meyer offered his advice to a group of aspiring business leaders, many of whom plan to work hard in college and go to a top business school.

NEWS | 11/09/2005

Local eateries raise funds for storm cleanup

In cooperation with the Princeton chapter of the New Jersey Community Water Watch, four local restaurants are each donating a portion of their profits tonight to repairing environmental damage from recent hurricanes.The Ferry House, Ivy Garden, Massimo's Cafe and Moondoggie Cafe will each donate between 10 and 25 percent of tonight's profit to the Sierra Club Gulf Restoration Fund, which will use the funds in part to reduce the level of air pollutants.Water Watch's Princeton campus organizer, Lexi Gelperin, said that safeguarding the environment by rebuilding the Gulf Coast is a "major public health issue."Ferry House Event Coordinator Melissa Dill added that "It's still necessary to rebuild in the wake of all the devastation from the hurricanes."The fundraiser was planned by Megan Feldt '06 and Gelperin, who said they hope to raise $2,009 in honor of the Class of 2009.The Princeton chapter of the New Jersey Community Water Watch is a subsidiary of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group and promotes "raising awareness and motivation" to affect local environmental issues, Gelperin said.Water Watch's next planned event, scheduled for Nov.

NEWS | 11/08/2005

Times columnist denounces Iraq war effort

Bad decisions have real consequences, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert told a packed McCosh 50 audience Tuesday night in a lecture titled, "The Consequences of Incompetence.""In most cases, the links between decision-making and the consequences are not adequately examined," he said.

NEWS | 11/08/2005

Novelist Sittenfeld chronicles 'Prep' life

Curtis Sittenfeld, 30-year-old author of New York Times bestseller "Prep," talked to The Daily Princetonian about the intersection of her life and work, influential authors and her upcoming book "The Man of My Dreams." She will be reading excerpts from "Prep" today in McCosh 10 at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by The Nassau Literary Review and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.

NEWS | 11/08/2005

Tilghman blasts intelligent design

President Tilghman spoke out Tuesday against the teaching of intelligent design and said that Darwin's theory of evolution is a fundamental part of the scientific canon at a day-long symposium on the perception of science in the general public.The event, held at Lewis-Thomas Laboratory and sponsored by the Department of Molecular Biology and the New York Academy of Sciences, was titled "Blurry Vision: Bridging the Gap Between Science and the Public."Tilghman opened the symposium by addressing the "dramatic need for conversation between science and society" and encouraging young scientists to think about the societal implications of their work."It is the best of times and worst of times," she said.

NEWS | 11/08/2005

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